Defense-Aerospace.com reports that Airbus Helicopters has awarded a contract to India's Mahindra Aerostructures to make airframe parts for the AS565 MBe Panther, at the company's facility in Bangalore.. The parts will be shipped to the Airbus Helicopter production line in Marignane, France where they will be integrated with the rest of the...
Light Utility Helicopter Competition Ties Foreign, Indian players
In India's first helicopter competition reserved for domestic defense companies to produce a light utility helicopter (LUH), Larsen & Toubro has teamed up with Airbus Helicopters; Tata Advanced Systems with Sikorsky Aircraft; Mahindra Defense Systems with Bell Helicopter; and Punj Lloyd with Russian Helicopters. State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics also is negotiating...